Merge branch 'topic/iommu' into for-linus

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/DMA-API.txt b/Documentation/DMA-API.txt
index 1d26eeb6b5f6..6b20128fab8a 100644
--- a/Documentation/DMA-API.txt
+++ b/Documentation/DMA-API.txt
@@ -277,14 +277,26 @@ and <size> parameters are provided to do partial page mapping, it is
 recommended that you never use these unless you really know what the
 cache width is.
 
+dma_addr_t
+dma_map_resource(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t phys_addr, size_t size,
+		 enum dma_data_direction dir, unsigned long attrs)
+
+void
+dma_unmap_resource(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t addr, size_t size,
+		   enum dma_data_direction dir, unsigned long attrs)
+
+API for mapping and unmapping for MMIO resources. All the notes and
+warnings for the other mapping APIs apply here. The API should only be
+used to map device MMIO resources, mapping of RAM is not permitted.
+
 int
 dma_mapping_error(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t dma_addr)
 
-In some circumstances dma_map_single() and dma_map_page() will fail to create
-a mapping. A driver can check for these errors by testing the returned
-DMA address with dma_mapping_error(). A non-zero return value means the mapping
-could not be created and the driver should take appropriate action (e.g.
-reduce current DMA mapping usage or delay and try again later).
+In some circumstances dma_map_single(), dma_map_page() and dma_map_resource()
+will fail to create a mapping. A driver can check for these errors by testing
+the returned DMA address with dma_mapping_error(). A non-zero return value
+means the mapping could not be created and the driver should take appropriate
+action (e.g. reduce current DMA mapping usage or delay and try again later).
 
 	int
 	dma_map_sg(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg,